Window frame and storm sash



Jan. 16, 1940. SAMPSON 2,187,561

WINDOW FRAME AND STORM SASH Filed Aug. 9, i938 1 9-4 I I l 9 v ATTO R N EYS Patented Jan. 16, 1940 i I V 2,187,561 WINDOW FRAME PATENT OFFICE AND STORM sAsn Erick G. Sampson, JamestownyN. Y.

Application August 9,

1 Claim.

My invention relates to windows, and it includes among its objects and advantages the provision of novel means designed to facilitate the hanging and removal of storm sashes, screens i and the like.

With these and other objects in view, this invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and 3 claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a sectional view of a window frame showing my invention applied thereto and illustrating the manner in which the storm sash and the like may be elevated into receiving relation with the window frame;

Figure 2 is a similar view of the window frame D showing the storm sash fitted therein;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary elevational view of the structure illustrated in Figure l; and

Figure 4 is a perspective View of one of the brackets.

5 In the embodiment selected to illustrate my invention, I make use of a conventional window frame I, including the usual parting strips 2, 3, and 4 arranged to provide channels 5 and 6 for slidably supporting the upper and lower Window 9 sashes I and 8, respectively. Figure 2 illustrates the storm sash 9 as fitting inside the frame I and adjacent the parting strips 2. The storm sash 9 is of conventional construction.

To the upper run In of the frame I, I mount 5 two brackets II which secure the upper end of the storm sash 9 within the frame I. Two hanger clips I2 are secured to the outer face of the storm sash 9 near its upper end for detachable connection with the brackets I I and cooperate there- 1) with for holding the storm sash in place.

Figure 4 illustrates one of the brackets II. The brackets are identical in construction so that the description of one will apply to both. In Figure 4 the bracket I I comprises a plate I3 hav- 3 ing a right-angular extension or hook member I4 provided with a rounded outer end l5. Plate I3 includesopenings I6 for the reception of screws I'I anchored in the storm sash 9.

According to Figure 4, the plate I3 carries two spaced elements I8 and I9, between which a grooved wheel 26 is rotatably mounted on a shaft 2| anchored to the elements I8 and I9. Elements I8 and I9 are located to one side of the plate I3. Hook member I4 includes a first hook 22 and 5 second hook 23. The edge 24 is shaped to provide 1938, Serial No. 223,949

a gentle incline leading from the first hook 22 up over the hook 23.

Hanger clips I2 are fixedly connected with the storm sash 9 through the medium of screws 25. The clips I 2 are slotted at 26' and spaced to bring the slots into alignment with the hook members I4. To the inner face of the storm sash 9, I connect two hooks 26. Each hook includes a bowed reach 21 with the bow having its ends pressing against the sash. Each bowed reach 2'! includes a threaded opening for the reception of the threaded end 28 of a bolt 29 passing through the storm sash and an opening in the hanger clip I2. Thus the hooks 26 are firmly secured in place through mere tightening of the bolt 29.

In operation a pull rope 30 is knotted at its ends, as at 3|, and is slipped underneath the hooks 26 with the knots bearing against the sides of the hooks, as illustrated in Figure 3. The two runs of the looped pull rope 30 are passed over the grooved wheels 20, at which time the storm sash 9 can be elevated by pulling on the rope 30. The storm sash is elevated for bringing the slots 26 into registration with the hook members I4. As the hanger clips I2 are brought into camming relation with the rounded ends I5 of the hook members I4, the hanger clips will ride over the rounded ends and slide inwardly of the first hook 22 for connecting the hanger clips with the hook members.

Figure 1 illustrates the upper sash I as being lowered for accommodating the pull rope 30 so that the storm sash may be elevated from a position inside the building. After the hanger clips I2 have been connected with the hook members I4, the pull rope is disconnected from the hook 26. At this time the storm sash is manually manipulated for moving the hanger clips I2 beyond the second hooks 23 after which the lower end of the storm sash is pulled into place inside the frame I and may be made secure in the usual manner as through the medium of hooks or the equivalent fastening devices. The second hooks 23 are so located as to effectively support the upper end of the storm sash 9 in pressure relation with the sealing strip 2.

In removing the storm sash 9, the sash is lifted for bringing the hanger clips I2 out of holding relation with the second hooks 23, after which the sash is moved outwardly on the hanger members I4 to the dotted line position of Figure 2. With the upper sash I lowered, the ends of the pull rope 30 are easily connected with the hooks 26 and passed over the grooved wheels 20 to permit lowering of the storm sash through the medium of the pull rope. 7

While the present invention has been described in connection with the storm sash, the invention is equally well adapted to screens. The invention is applicable to window structures of conventional design and provides a convenient system for hanging storm sashes and the like as well as removing the same.

What is claimed is:

In combination with a window frame, a sash detachably, connected with the frame, brackets carried by the window frame exteriorly of the room at the top of the frame, said brackets including hooks and pulleys, slotted clips attached to the upper margin of said sash, a. pull line connected with the upper margin of the sash for elevating the latter, said pulleys being so arranged with respect to said hooks as to elevate the sash with the clips thereon positioned so as to engage the hooks, and cam means on said hooks for engaging said clips to move the latter and the sash outwardly for bringing the slots in the clips into registration with the hooks so that a continued pull on the pull line will move the clips inwardly of the hooks to be retained thereby upon giving slack to the pull line, said brackets being provided with second hooks for connection with said clips to hold the sash in assembled relation with said frame.

ERICK G. SAMPSON. 

